Role Assignments - Create

Create or update a role assignment by scope and name.

PUT https://management.azure.com/{scope}/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/{roleAssignmentName}?api-version=2022-04-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
roleAssignmentName
path True

string

The name of the role assignment. It can be any valid GUID.

scope
path True

string

The scope of the operation or resource. Valid scopes are: subscription (format: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}'), resource group (format: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}', or resource (format: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/{resourceProviderNamespace}/[{parentResourcePath}/]{resourceType}/{resourceName}'

api-version
query True

string

The API version to use for this operation.

Request Body

Name Required Type Description
properties.principalId True

string

The principal ID.

properties.roleDefinitionId True

string

The role definition ID.

properties.condition

string

The conditions on the role assignment. This limits the resources it can be assigned to. e.g.: @Resource[Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers:ContainerName] StringEqualsIgnoreCase 'foo_storage_container'

properties.conditionVersion

string

Version of the condition. Currently the only accepted value is '2.0'

properties.delegatedManagedIdentityResourceId

string

Id of the delegated managed identity resource

properties.description

string

Description of role assignment

properties.principalType

PrincipalType

The principal type of the assigned principal ID.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

RoleAssignment

Returns the role assignment.

201 Created

RoleAssignment

Returns the role assignment.

Other Status Codes

ErrorResponse

Error response describing why the operation failed.

Permissions

To call this API, you must be assigned a role that has the following permissions. For more information, see Azure built-in roles.

Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/write

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

Create role assignment for resource
Create role assignment for resource group
Create role assignment for subscription

Create role assignment for resource

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts/test-db-account/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff?api-version=2022-04-01

{
  "properties": {
    "roleDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/0b5fe924-9a61-425c-96af-cfe6e287ca2d",
    "principalId": "ce2ce14e-85d7-4629-bdbc-454d0519d987",
    "principalType": "User"
  }
}

Sample response

{
  "properties": {
    "roleDefinitionId": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/0b5fe924-9a61-425c-96af-cfe6e287ca2d",
    "principalId": "ce2ce14e-85d7-4629-bdbc-454d0519d987",
    "principalType": "User",
    "scope": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts/test-db-account"
  },
  "id": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts/test-db-account/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments",
  "name": "05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff"
}
{
  "properties": {
    "roleDefinitionId": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/0b5fe924-9a61-425c-96af-cfe6e287ca2d",
    "principalId": "ce2ce14e-85d7-4629-bdbc-454d0519d987",
    "principalType": "User",
    "scope": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts/test-db-account"
  },
  "id": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts/test-db-account/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments",
  "name": "05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff"
}

Create role assignment for resource group

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff?api-version=2022-04-01

{
  "properties": {
    "roleDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/0b5fe924-9a61-425c-96af-cfe6e287ca2d",
    "principalId": "ce2ce14e-85d7-4629-bdbc-454d0519d987",
    "principalType": "User"
  }
}

Sample response

{
  "properties": {
    "roleDefinitionId": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/0b5fe924-9a61-425c-96af-cfe6e287ca2d",
    "principalId": "ce2ce14e-85d7-4629-bdbc-454d0519d987",
    "principalType": "User",
    "scope": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/resourceGroups/testrg"
  },
  "id": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments",
  "name": "05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff"
}
{
  "properties": {
    "roleDefinitionId": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/0b5fe924-9a61-425c-96af-cfe6e287ca2d",
    "principalId": "ce2ce14e-85d7-4629-bdbc-454d0519d987",
    "principalType": "User",
    "scope": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/resourceGroups/testrg"
  },
  "id": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments",
  "name": "05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff"
}

Create role assignment for subscription

Sample request

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff?api-version=2022-04-01

{
  "properties": {
    "roleDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/0b5fe924-9a61-425c-96af-cfe6e287ca2d",
    "principalId": "ce2ce14e-85d7-4629-bdbc-454d0519d987",
    "principalType": "User"
  }
}

Sample response

{
  "properties": {
    "roleDefinitionId": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/0b5fe924-9a61-425c-96af-cfe6e287ca2d",
    "principalId": "ce2ce14e-85d7-4629-bdbc-454d0519d987",
    "principalType": "User",
    "scope": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2"
  },
  "id": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments",
  "name": "05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff"
}
{
  "properties": {
    "roleDefinitionId": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/0b5fe924-9a61-425c-96af-cfe6e287ca2d",
    "principalId": "ce2ce14e-85d7-4629-bdbc-454d0519d987",
    "principalType": "User",
    "scope": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2"
  },
  "id": "/subscriptions/a925f2f7-5c63-4b7b-8799-25a5f97bc3b2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments",
  "name": "05c5a614-a7d6-4502-b150-c2fb455033ff"
}

Definitions

Name Description
ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

ErrorDetail

The error detail.

ErrorResponse

Error response

PrincipalType

The principal type of the assigned principal ID.

RoleAssignment

Role Assignments

RoleAssignmentCreateParameters

Role assignment create parameters.

ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

Name Type Description
info

object

The additional info.

type

string

The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

The error detail.

Name Type Description
additionalInfo

ErrorAdditionalInfo[]

The error additional info.

code

string

The error code.

details

ErrorDetail[]

The error details.

message

string

The error message.

target

string

The error target.

ErrorResponse

Error response

Name Type Description
error

ErrorDetail

The error object.

PrincipalType

The principal type of the assigned principal ID.

Name Type Description
Device

string

ForeignGroup

string

Group

string

ServicePrincipal

string

User

string

RoleAssignment

Role Assignments

Name Type Default value Description
id

string

The role assignment ID.

name

string

The role assignment name.

properties.condition

string

The conditions on the role assignment. This limits the resources it can be assigned to. e.g.: @Resource[Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers:ContainerName] StringEqualsIgnoreCase 'foo_storage_container'

properties.conditionVersion

string

Version of the condition. Currently the only accepted value is '2.0'

properties.createdBy

string

Id of the user who created the assignment

properties.createdOn

string

Time it was created

properties.delegatedManagedIdentityResourceId

string

Id of the delegated managed identity resource

properties.description

string

Description of role assignment

properties.principalId

string

The principal ID.

properties.principalType

PrincipalType

User

The principal type of the assigned principal ID.

properties.roleDefinitionId

string

The role definition ID.

properties.scope

string

The role assignment scope.

properties.updatedBy

string

Id of the user who updated the assignment

properties.updatedOn

string

Time it was updated

type

string

The role assignment type.

RoleAssignmentCreateParameters

Role assignment create parameters.

Name Type Default value Description
properties.condition

string

The conditions on the role assignment. This limits the resources it can be assigned to. e.g.: @Resource[Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers:ContainerName] StringEqualsIgnoreCase 'foo_storage_container'

properties.conditionVersion

string

Version of the condition. Currently the only accepted value is '2.0'

properties.createdBy

string

Id of the user who created the assignment

properties.createdOn

string

Time it was created

properties.delegatedManagedIdentityResourceId

string

Id of the delegated managed identity resource

properties.description

string

Description of role assignment

properties.principalId

string

The principal ID.

properties.principalType

PrincipalType

User

The principal type of the assigned principal ID.

properties.roleDefinitionId

string

The role definition ID.

properties.scope

string

The role assignment scope.

properties.updatedBy

string

Id of the user who updated the assignment

properties.updatedOn

string

Time it was updated